Migratory birds from different parts of the country and abroad started arriving in Chhattisgarh which has thousands of ponds and several reservoirs in all the 27 districts. The forest department has been collecting the figures of such birds, so that special schemes could be prepared for it.
Officials said that verities of migratory birds, including Asian bill stork, lazer whistling duck, Bar-headed goonj, gray-leg goonj, Sukharb etc have arrived in the State during the winter season every year. Attention has been given on their stay and activities of such birds since last year. Full information of such birds has been collected in the department. After collecting all the details, a scheme for these migratory birds will be prepared and work for a better direction, officials added.
Director of State Forest Research and Training Institute Krishnachand Yadav said that a special scheme has been prepared for three years. Started in the year 2012, the scheme would continue until 2014. During this period, information about the birds coming from different part of the country and abroad would be collected, he added.
Yadav said that on getting information about the name, place, and duration of stay, the particular place would be developed as bird sanctuary, so that their protection and preservation could be done in a better way. He said that last year 19 such places had been marked in the State, where migratory birds arrived. This year also, migratory birds start coming from faraway places. In 2014, all the information about these birds would be collected. Then, after preparing a work-plan, work would be done on that direction, so that arrival of the birds is continued and they could be provided better protection, he added.